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Speaker 1: Welcome back everybody to GM territory. I'm Trey Boden alongside

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Speaker 1: Jim Bowden, the former Big League general manager, and we

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Speaker 1: have a lot to get into. Let's start out in

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Speaker 1: Detroit where Tarik Skuble. What is arbitration case? Thirty two

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Speaker 1: million dollars? Jim, what is your take on this?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I expected him to win this case. I thought

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Speaker 2: it was a slam dunk case for Turrek Scubale and

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Speaker 2: his agent, Scott Boris, And mainly because of the one

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Speaker 2: Soto contract from two years ago. If you remember, the

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Speaker 2: New York Yankees signed him to a one year, thirty

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Speaker 2: one million dollar contract. He was a five plus player,

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Speaker 2: just like Scooball, and he had just come off a

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Speaker 2: year where he finished six in the MVP voting with

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Speaker 2: the San Diego Padres. And when you look at Scooball

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Speaker 2: the last two years, he won the Cy Young Award

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Speaker 2: in the American League, the best pitcher in the league.

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Speaker 2: So I think when you have those kind of accomplishments

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Speaker 2: and you're becoming a five plus player, you deserve to

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Speaker 2: be the highest paid player in that draft, in that class.

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Speaker 2: And I think him getting thirty two million is exactly

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Speaker 2: what he should have been paid, So I'm not surprised

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Speaker 2: he won. What surprised me was the Tigers submitting a

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Speaker 2: figure of nineteen million. It just never made sense to

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Speaker 2: me in this market. And look, I understand that they

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Speaker 2: go all the way back eleven years ago when David

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Speaker 2: Price was paid just over nineteen million as a five plus,

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Speaker 2: but that was eleven years ago. Contracts have changed dramatically

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Speaker 2: since then. So look, it wasn't a surprise. I think

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Speaker 2: it was, you know, extremely a good situation for schoobl

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Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, yeah, I expected

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Speaker 2: this to be the conclusion.

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Speaker 1: All right, So let's stay in Detroit, Bramber Valdez three years,

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Speaker 1: one hundred and fifteen million dollars deal your take.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, he becomes the first left handed starting pitcher

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Speaker 2: in baseball history to make thirty eight zero point three

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Speaker 2: million dollars a year, highest paid ever, and he gets

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Speaker 2: an opt out clause after year two. I love this

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Speaker 2: signing by the Detroit Tigers and owner Chris Ilich because

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Speaker 2: he'll now be spending seventy point three to three million

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Speaker 2: on his two starts. Two top starters in schoobl In Valdez,

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Speaker 2: I mean that's just incredible as commitment to try to win.

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Speaker 2: And you know, when the question was asked, does this

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Speaker 2: mean you're gonna trade Schooble, Is that why you signed Valdez?

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Speaker 2: He answers, No, We're gonna go and try to win.

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Speaker 2: They got a taste of the postseason last October. They

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Speaker 2: know they've got a chance. This team is only getting

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Speaker 2: better with a really good farm system that's just getting

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Speaker 2: ready to hit the big league. So their feeling is

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Speaker 2: if they can get to October and they can have

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Speaker 2: Schooble pitching Game one in Valdez pitching Game two, their

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Speaker 2: chances of winning short series have improved dramatically. I mean,

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Speaker 2: remember this about Baldez. It's one of the best ground

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Speaker 2: ball pitchers in the game, right He has a sixty

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Speaker 2: percent ground ball rate. He also is the ability to

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Speaker 2: miss bats. Camerica Park is a great ballpark for him

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Speaker 2: to pitch half his games. Tigers have a good defensive

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Speaker 2: team behind him. So look, this all adds up as

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Speaker 2: a win for Detroit. And by the way, if Schooble

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Speaker 2: departs in free agency at the end of the year,

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Speaker 2: at least they have someone to replace him at the

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Speaker 2: top of the rotation Invalvedez. So, look, I love this

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Speaker 2: signing for Detroit. I do. It's a lot of money

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Speaker 2: for two pitchers, but if you can afford it, that's

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Speaker 2: where you like to invest your money as a GM.

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Speaker 1: All Right. We also had a trade this week take place,

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Speaker 1: a three team trade, which I know you've probably been

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is one of those trades where you're reminded

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Speaker 2: as a GM that you're paid to win championships. You're

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Speaker 2: not paid to win trades. And that's the case with

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Speaker 2: the Seattle Mariners. Look, I think they overpaid in prospects

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Speaker 2: to get Brendan Donovan, but Brendan Donovan really improves their

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Speaker 2: chances of winning the division and maybe even getting to

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Speaker 2: the World Series. One of the biggest needs is Mariner's lineup.

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Speaker 2: Haad was a leadoff hitter, someone that gets on base,

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Speaker 2: someone to create traffic. That's what Brendan Donovan does. He's

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Speaker 2: a thirty five to thirty six percent on base player. Now,

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Speaker 2: when you have Cal Raley with his sixty homers hitting

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Speaker 2: He's penciling to play third base to start the year. Look,

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Speaker 2: the trade for Seattle. I gave them a grade B

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Speaker 2: Louis in the long run will win this trade. It's

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Speaker 2: hard for me to understand that they just got two

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Speaker 2: former first round picks and one second round pick and

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Speaker 2: two additional second round picks. In other words, five first

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Speaker 2: and second round caliber players for Donovan. That is an

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Speaker 2: amazing haul for them, So congratulations for them. Durangelo Sanja

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Speaker 2: right and left handed. How incredible is that. Can't wait

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Speaker 2: But they also got a very athletic outfielder in Typete,

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Speaker 2: Tampa Bay. This is a power hitting, left handed bat.

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Speaker 2: So you know, you've got a really good, good pitching prospect,

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Speaker 2: you've got two outfield prospects, and then you're going to

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Speaker 2: get two comp B picks coming up in this June's draft.

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Speaker 2: So I gave a straight at to Saint Louis and

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Speaker 2: the deal. They're doing exactly what they need to do

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Speaker 2: in a rebuild. And then Tampa Bay I gave a seat. Look.

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Speaker 2: I like the fact they got Ben Williamson for his defense.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't have a lot of power, don't you know. I

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Speaker 2: think he's gonna hit, but I don't know how much power.

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Speaker 2: But his best position's third base, and they got Junior Cammenaio,

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Speaker 2: so he's not playing their So you know, I reached

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Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Rays. He told me they'll probably play second,

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Speaker 2: short and third for them elite defense. I agree with

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Speaker 2: all of that, but I think they paid a pretty

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Speaker 2: good price to get them. Time will tell, but either way,

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Speaker 2: this was a very fascinating three way deal.

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Speaker 1: Sure well, it's always exciting in the off season when

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Speaker 1: we get a big signing or a trade and you

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Speaker 1: just know right around the corner this he's about to start.

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Speaker 1: All right, So before we break down the NL West

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Speaker 1: Let's head out to La the reigning World Series champions. Jim,

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Speaker 1: what's your breakdown of their offseason?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so Tree, they're the only team in baseball. I'm

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Speaker 2: giving you an eight plus two as a grade, Like,

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Speaker 2: how can you not like? Watching them win the last

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Speaker 2: two World championships? Right? And sitting there at Dodgers Stadium

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Speaker 2: in October, all I could I do is look at

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Speaker 2: I guess maybe the only thing I could come up

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Speaker 2: and probably needed one more bat to link in the

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Speaker 2: And they went out in the offseason then literally got

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Speaker 2: the best bat available in Kyle Tucker, paid him sixty

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Speaker 2: records like wow, are you kidding me? And they landed

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Speaker 2: Edwin Diaz, the impact closer formerly of the Mets, on

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Speaker 2: a three year, sixty nine million dollar deal. So now

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Speaker 2: they have their impact closer and Edwin Diaz and the

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Speaker 2: complete right fielder now in Kyle Tucker, who, oh, by

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Speaker 2: the way, is a thirty home or thirty steel type

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Speaker 2: so you've added that to the Dodgers team that's already

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Speaker 2: won two straight World Championships. I mean, it's just an

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Speaker 2: incredible offseason for team president Andrew Free. Look, they're gonna

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Speaker 2: the best team wins this year, it will be the

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Speaker 2: Los Angeles Dodgers. What a great offseason. And in terms

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Speaker 2: centerfielder Andy PaaS. We all saw that great catch in

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Speaker 2: twenty seven homers in the regular season. Now he got

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Speaker 2: I think we're gonna see thirty homers and I think

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Speaker 2: kind of year. Okay, let me turn it back to you.

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Speaker 2: Give me a prospect in the Dodger system that may

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Speaker 2: someone that I have to keep my eye on during

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Speaker 1: Well, you gotta keep your eye on this guy, Josu

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Speaker 1: de Paula. You know, he reminds me of Jordan Alvarez,

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Speaker 1: kind of just like a shorter Jordan Alvarez. He won

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that, And imagine, you know, probably in

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Speaker 2: just have a great major league team, They have one

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Speaker 2: I've always said this, they should change their name from

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Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Dodgers to the World Dodgers. I'm just saying,

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Speaker 2: all right, let's get to the San Diego Padres. Their

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Speaker 2: offseason wasn't quite exciting as Los Angeles is Trey. I

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Speaker 2: fact they were able to bring back starting pitcher Michael King,

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Speaker 2: who inks a deal of three years, seventy five million.

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Speaker 2: He's one of the best pitchers in the National League.

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Speaker 2: Went healthy, so hopefully he can stay healthy now and

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Speaker 2: it was a tough offseason for San Diego. They lost

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Speaker 2: two hundred and ten million dollar deal. They lost their closer,

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Speaker 2: Robert Suarez. He goes to Atlanta, but of course of

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Speaker 2: he'll be the back end closer for San Diego, so

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Speaker 2: they should be fine there anyway. But the only other

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Speaker 2: moves they made player wise They bringing me Gael Onduar

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Speaker 2: crushes left handed pitching, can play a few positions, third, first, left,

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Speaker 2: They also signed Sun Sung to a four year, fifteen

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Speaker 2: some infield depth. I like that. But the biggest move

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Speaker 2: He has never managed in his life. This will be

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Speaker 1: My prospect to watch has to be Joe Swargenzalez. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Hopefully it'll happen. Okay, give me a prospect that you're

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Speaker 1: How can you not be watching Ethan Holiday. He comes

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Speaker 1: Now he's young, it's going to take a little bit

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Speaker 2: Yeah, as you know, I had both Aaron and Brett

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Speaker 2: Jackson Holiday is one of the those players that can

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Speaker 2: I know Colorado feels the same way about Ethan. Look,

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Speaker 2: Ethan's got great power, He's a really good athlete. The

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Speaker 2: You know, it's gonna take a while. It's gonna take

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Speaker 2: you've got two big power bats that can beat in

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Speaker 2: the NLS. So just recapping how we have the Division

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Speaker 2: but I have him in third, Arizona four, and the

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Speaker 2: Colorado Rockies five.

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Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this week's edition of

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Speaker 1: GM Territory. Next week we're gonna break down the AL Central.

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